different between caution vs decreet

English

Etymology

Recorded since 1297 as Middle English caucioun (“bail, guarantee, pledge”), from Old French caution (“security, surety”), itself from Latin cauti?, from cautus, past participle of cave?, cav?re (“be on one's guard”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: kôshn, IPA^(key): /?k???(?)n/
• (US) enPR: käshn, kôshn, IPA^(key): /?k???(?)n/, /?k??(?)n/
• (cot–caught merger, Inland Northern American) enPR: käshn, IPA^(key): /?k??n?/
• Rhymes: -????n

Noun

caution (countable and uncountable, plural cautions)

1. Precept or warning against evil or danger of any kind; exhortation to wariness; advice; injunction; prudence in regard to danger; provident care
2. A careful attention to the probable effects of an act, in order that failure or harm may be avoided

   The guideline expressed caution against excessive radiographic imaging.

3. Security; guaranty; bail.
4. (dated) One who draws attention or causes astonishment by their behaviour.

   Oh, that boy, he's a caution! He does make me laugh.

5. (law) A formal warning given as an alternative to prosecution in minor cases.
6. (soccer) A yellow card.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:caution

Hyponyms

• precaution

Derived terms

• cautionary
• cautious

Related terms

• caveat
• err on the side of caution
• throw caution to the wind

Translations

Verb

caution (third-person singular simple present cautions, present participle cautioning, simple past and past participle cautioned)

1. (transitive) To warn; to alert, advise that caution is warranted.
2. (soccer) To give a yellow card

Translations

Anagrams

• auction, tauonic

French

Etymology

From Old French caution, borrowed from Latin cauti?, cauti?nem, from cautus, past participle of cave?, cav?re (“be on one's guard”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ko.sj??/

Noun

caution f (plural cautions)

1. caution, guaranty, bail
2. deposit
3. security deposit

Derived terms

• cautionnement m
• cautionner

Further reading

• “caution” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• couinât

Norman

Etymology

From Old French caution, borrowed from Latin cauti?, cauti?nem.

Noun

caution f (plural cautions)

1. (Jersey) deposit
2. (Jersey, law) bail

English

Etymology

From Old French decré, decreet.

Noun

decreet (plural decreets)

1. (Scotland, law) The final judgment of the Court of Session, or of an inferior court, by which the question at issue is decided.

Anagrams

• erected

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch decreet, from Old French decré, decreet, from Latin d?cr?tum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??kre?t/, /de??kre?t/
• Hyphenation: de?creet
• Rhymes: -e?t

Noun

decreet n (plural decreten)

1. decree

Related terms

• decreteren

Descendants

• Afrikaans: dekreet
• ? Indonesian: dekret
• ? West Frisian: dekreet

Old French

Noun

decreet m (oblique plural decreez or decreetz, nominative singular decreez or decreetz, nominative plural decreet)

1. Alternative form of decré